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Maryland lawmakers and health officials vowed Monday to fight plans by President-elect Donald Trump to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, and said they are moving ahead with enrolling people in health plans.

Sen. Ben Cardin, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Maryland Health Secretary Van Mitchell were at the University of Maryland, Baltimore on Monday to announce College Enrollment Week, a push to get younger people insured. But talk quickly turned to keeping expansion of health coverage to as many Americans as possible.

"The big elephant in the room... is the whole idea of the Affordable Care Act and its future," Cummings said. "We really don't want to see it taken...

Residents who have suffered physical or psychological abuse by police — a more common experience in minority communities — are statistically more likely to suffer from depression or psychological distress, according to a new study out of the University of...

More than 2.5 million emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths each year are associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Such trauma is one of today's most important medical issues — and one of the most enigmatic. These injuries can cause...

Cole Field House, the storied basketball arena at the University of Maryland, hosted hundreds of games during its half century as home to Terrapins hoops.
Now it will house a state-of-the-art new center dedicated to cutting-edge research into concussions...

Cohen Croslin wore a white lab coat and held a clipboard, prepared to pepper his prospective mentors with questions.
The 11-year-old student at the Southwest Baltimore Charter School was interviewing potential candidates to help him pursue a career in...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, during a weeklong trade mission to Israel, said the University of Maryland, Baltimore is expanding ties with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Hogan said the "agreement will further strengthen the successful...

The University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore announced details Tuesday of a joint national security academy.Officials said the academy, which would be located in College Park, will enable them to expand their...

The University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore plan to establish a joint national security academy for students and professionals — a concept intended in part to help lure the FBI's headquarters to the state.
The...

You can take the ranger out of Fort McHenry, but you can't take the love of the fort out of the ranger.
Anne Arundel County native Vince Vaise — best known by his fans as the ever-enthusiastic "Ranger Vince" — might no longer officially work in...

Leadership at 11 of the 12 University System of Maryland institutions will be getting raises in the coming fiscal year, most of no more than 3.5 percent.
The Daily Record reports that University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh will get...

Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore have developed a new drug that promises a possible breakthrough by offering strong pain relief while lowering the risk of addiction.
The drug, a synthetic opioid called UMB425 for now, is in the...

The Maryland Department of Commerce and the state's leading research universities will collaborate on new centers of excellence in biomanufacturing and transformative medicine.The centers are an effort by the state to drive economic development in life...

Seven-month-old Quinn perched on Jay Perman's lap, pulling off the doctor's glasses and cooing.Perman sat at a table, surrounded by students from the University of Maryland, Baltimore's schools of medicine, social work, pharmacy and nursing. Amanda Mahle,...

The University of Maryland's College Park campus and professional schools in Baltimore won't merge but would be more closely aligned under legislation approved Thursday by the General Assembly.The bill, which as introduced could have combined the flagship...

As an alumnus of the University of Maryland and a second-year law student at University of Maryland, Baltimore, I have some concerns about the potential effects of a merger between the universities in College Park and Baltimore. However, I question the...

Over the past month, a few observers have weighed in to voice their opposition to the proposed strategic partnership between the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Maryland, Baltimore. As well-intentioned as the opposition may...

The robust discussion on whether to merge the University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, Baltimore is of great consequence. During our terms on the University System of Maryland Board of Regents (2010-2011) and the vice chair of...

Proponents of legislation that would merge the University of Maryland, College Park, with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, where I'm a graduate student, say that UMB's student voice will still be heard, that our goals will still be realized and...

As a professor involved in researching health policies I find former University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. "Brit" Kirwan's claims for the success of "Mpower" to be cringe-worthy ("UMB-College Park partnership will...